Article: Ellis Amdur, "The Use of Weapons in Aikido Training"
Posted 10/28/2015 5:42pm [from Jun Akiyama]
Here's an Aikido article entitled "The Use of Weapons in Aikidō Training" by Ellis Amdur.
From the article: "How does weapon practice contribute to or inhibit the aims of aikidō? The essential nature of a weapon is as an object created to do harm to others—to cut and slash flesh, crush bone, give pain, even take life. Any other purposes, such as using the weapon as emblem of power or as means of spiritual advancement, are secondary developments. Therefore, the first question: Is aikidō weapon technique effective as a combative martial art?"